[SHE CALLED HIM BACK! HOW EXCITING! HIS MESSAGE ACTUALLY GOT TO HER!
He held his excitement in check long enough for her to speak and let the words actually settle in his brain. His voice was calm as he spoke into the phone and he was glad she couldn't see his face. It wasn't that he wasn't proud to be the Bridge, to be trusted with that self-imposed position by the Spirits... it was that he wasn't proud of why it happened. And that was tied so closely to his role that he couldn't easily separate the two in his mind.]
Thank you. I am proud of what I've accomplished. But I'm more proud of what I will accomplish. What I'll become in the lives after mine. Aang. And you. I've known you both a week and already you've both made me feel so much better about my choices. About whatever it is I go on to do.
[He paused, feeling self-conscious because it was basically him standing there complimenting himself. Sort of.]
Ah, there's going to be a party tonight in blocks 35 and 36. You should come. I'll be making the tea.
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He held his excitement in check long enough for her to speak and let the words actually settle in his brain. His voice was calm as he spoke into the phone and he was glad she couldn't see his face. It wasn't that he wasn't proud to be the Bridge, to be trusted with that self-imposed position by the Spirits... it was that he wasn't proud of why it happened. And that was tied so closely to his role that he couldn't easily separate the two in his mind.]
Thank you. I am proud of what I've accomplished. But I'm more proud of what I will accomplish. What I'll become in the lives after mine. Aang. And you. I've known you both a week and already you've both made me feel so much better about my choices. About whatever it is I go on to do.
[He paused, feeling self-conscious because it was basically him standing there complimenting himself. Sort of.]
Ah, there's going to be a party tonight in blocks 35 and 36. You should come. I'll be making the tea.